The Qualiveen has been used with SCI samples and has clinical application; psychometrics properties have been reviewed.

Short Description of Instrument

A disease-specific quality of life (QoL) measure for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) who have urinary disorders.

Contains 4 domains:

Limitations/Inconvenience (items 1-9)

Constraints/Restrictions (items 10-17)

Fears (items 18-25)

Feelings/Impact on Daily Life (items 26-30)

Scoring

Response options are framed as 5-point Likert-type scales, and scores on each item range from 0 (no impact) to 4 (high adverse impact). Each domain score is computed as an average of the scores for the items it contains. Individual items are equally weighted. An overall QoL score also can be calculated from the mean of the 4 domains, with lower scores indicating better QoL (i.e., no limitations constraints, or negative feelings).